Machine for manufacturing fences



' (No Model.)

G. H. SHELLABERGER.

MACHINE FOR MANUFAOTURING FENCES;

No. 298,032. Patented May 6,1884.

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ATTORNEY ."NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H; SHELLABERGER, OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO.

MACIHINE- FOR MANUFACTURING FENCES.

SPIIElCIZEIGAIL'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,032, datedMay 6, 1884.

Application filed February 1, 18 84. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. SHELLA- BERGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at MountVernon, in the county of Knox and State ofOhio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines forManufacturing Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,which willenableothers skilled in the art' to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part'of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in a machine for manufacturingpicket fencing by interweaving palings into strands of wire, and adevice connected therewith to guide a longitudinal wire while the sameis being interlaced with the palings, and attached to the upper andlower strands, to stiffen the panels.

The mechanism is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a plan View of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout both views.

A is the frame, which consists of side rails, cross-pieces, and legs tohold the operating mechanism at a suitable altitude.

A is a frame to support a spool for the diagonal wire, and is attachedto the machineframe by the rods MM. The spool O is supported centrallyon the cross piece of this frame.

N is a guide, which has a hole in one end for the wire to pass through,and the other end has a slot to embrace the rod M, which it freelytraverses, and to which it is held by a pin. The wire is interlaceddiagonally with the palings. The wire being in position, said palingsare alternately placed above and below the same, and twisted over thebottom and top strands, thus stiffening the several panels. The guide Nmoves with the wire, and thereby keeps the same at the same anglewhileit is being worked into the panels.

When the diagonal wire is carried across the panel, it is fastened; thenthe guide is transferred to the opposite rod, M,where it is held until,in the progressive construction of the panel, the opposite side has beenreached,

when the transfer is again made, and so on continuously as the workprogresses.

In the plan view, Fig. 1, the drawing is fragmentary, and some parts areomitted en;

tirely, to avoid confusion.

shafts are put, first, the spiral springs Z, then the spools G, and,lastly," the guides I, which are held to the shafts by a set-screw.There are two wires wound side by side onto the spools. These wires passthrough opposite orifices in the two flanges of the guide. Twospring-arms,'J, are bolted to the cross-piece of the frame, a side viewof the ends of which is shown at Fig. 2. The arms have averticalprojection, against which the paling rests, and a horizontal projectionbeneath, against which the arms is of the shaft Khaveabearin g. Withoutthe frame is attached a crank to oscillate the said shaft. This deviceis used to depress the arms, so that the interwoven paling may pass.

In open bearings in the end of the frame is supported the shaft D, whichis made of a square bar of iron,with slots in one side, withinwhich arepivoted the plates 0:. Upon this shaftis wound the fencing as it isprepared by the machine, the paling being placed over the plates to holdthe same in position during the winding. To detach the coil of fencingfrom the shaft, the same is taken out of its bearings, and as the shaftis being withdrawn the plates fall within the slots, and the same'isreadily removed. The ratchet-wheel E is attached to the end of theshaft, and F is a fixed pawl which engages the teeth of the same. Theteeth are also engaged bythe pawl B, pivoted to the arm T, supported onthe end ofthe shaft outside of the ratchet wheel. Movement iscommunicated to arm T by the foot-lever U, pivoted to. the side of theframe. 7 The operation is thus: The two wires from the spools are passedthrough the orifices of the guides and attached to the shaft D. ApalingI zontal projection below, and the shaft K,witl1 is placed between thewires on the arms J, and one or two turns are given to the spools. Thepaling is then disengaged, and the shaft is turned to move the fencingthe distance of one paling, and the diagonal wire being interlacedtherein as the work progresses, as heretofore specified. As the wiresare drawn from the spool, the requisite tension is given by the spiralcoil, which presses the spool against the surface of the wire-guide.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the shafts B, frictional springs Z, spools G, andguides I with crank S and bar I, or equivalent mechanism for opcratingthe same, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the spring-arm J, having a vertical projectionabove and a horibearing-arms, as a devicefor holding and freeing thepalings, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the wire-spool O, rods M M, and transferable guideN, for the purpose of directing a wire diagonally into position to beinterlaced with the fencingpanels, substantially as set forth.

4. In a machine for the manufacture of fencing, the spool Gr, carryingtwo wires supported on a horizontal shaft, and with guides, as setforth, to direct the wires to the palings, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. SHELLABERGER.

W'itnesses:

E. F. SIIELLABERGER, J. B. WnIGH'r.

